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Network Mapping and Measuring Software
Network Mapping and Measuring Software
InFLOW is more than a…
• data base
• modeling tool
• network diagnostic
• visualization engine
It is all of the above in one integrated tool!
MAPS
Networks can be shown at any level of detail
Maps can be color – coded [both nodes and links]
according to data attributes
InFLOW has expert layout algorithms that allow
you to unscramble the complexity in networks
Can map multiple relationships on any one map, or
any sub-network from all available nodes & links
Just two clicks!
METRICSInFLOW not only maps complex networks
but measures them also -- interactively!
InFLOW uses standard social network measures to evaluate individuals, groups and the whole network
Node and Network centrality Reach into Network Cluster analysis Small-World Networks Structural Equivalence External / Internal Ratio
DATA flows easily to & from InFLOW…
node and network data from Excel, Access or other *.csv sources Run various downloaded data files through Excel
and import them into InFlow text and graphics to any Microsoft Office application and most
word processors and presentation programs network data to Java applet running in web browser In addition, InFLOW has internal data entry
via drawing or dialogs Draw your network while reading sources or
interviewing subject People still use paper surveys… we have data-entry screens
specifically for them
Export network data to Java applet on WWW
x-rays complex human systems such as teams, organizations, partnerships, and industries and reveals key patterns, or the lack thereof…
Just like a doctor uses x-rays and CAT scans to see what is happening inside the human body, an executive or consultant uses InFLOW to see what is really happening within and between organizations
InFLOW…
APPLICATIONS
Organizational Network Analysis [ONA] and Social Network Analysis [SNA] in…
Knowledge Management Post-merger integration Human resource planning Project Management Organization Design Industry ecosystems Biological Networks Computer networks Influence Networks
KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT
InFLOW revealed…
Subject Matter Experts [SME] in growing I/T organization
How scientists shared knowledge and discoveries with their peers and partners
Key knowledge integrators that management was not aware of
How tacit knowledge was and was not shared in high-tech organization
POST-MERGER INTEGRATION
InFLOW revealed…
Where a cross-border merger was workingand where it was not.
Continuing divisions between employees in a merged department that affected productivity
Opportunities to improve innovation in a research lab that had experienced 3 mergers in 4 years
INDUSTRY ECOSYSTEMS
InFLOW revealed…
Advantageous positions in the network of industry alliances
A hidden strategy that a competitor was pursuing
Opportunities for new products and services
HUMAN RESOURCE PLANNING
Bottlenecks in key business processes
What would happen to a management team when two key members retired
The exclusion of some employees from advice and mentoring networks
Employees who connected far reaches of the organization -- key integrators
A better candidate for managing key department
Need for a different office layout
InFLOW revealed…
COMPUTER NETWORK DESIGN
InFLOW revealed…
A better design for a corporate backbone
Vulnerabilities in several network topologies
PROJECT MANAGEMENT
InFLOW revealed…
Disconnects in knowledge exchange between client’s employees and hired contractors
Poor communication by sub-project managers
Isolation of project manager from key stakeholders
Disconnects between two vendors' on-site personnel
Structure of links between terrorist cells
Adding a few short-cuts to the network reduces average path length significantly
MARKETING and COMMUNICATIONS
InFLOW revealed…
Key opinion leaders in a professional community
Key influencers amongst companies in an industry
A community's access to political leaders
MEDICAL APPLICATIONS
InFLOW mapped and measured…
Spread of an airborne contagion in a human population
Protein interaction network
In addition to being an excellent
diagnostic tool, InFLOW helps
executives and consultants map
and measure possible solutions
and various options…
What if…
this executive leaves the company?
this router fails, or this link is severed?
we promote A instead of B?
we partner with company X instead of company Y?
we merge these departments / organizations?
we offer an early retirement program?
we move into a new building, or go virtual?
monitor the network at point A, instead of point B?
InFLOW offers…
Fast and easy data import and export
Powerful network visualization
Precise network metrics
Integration with Microsoft Office and WWW
Flexible what-if modeling
Powerful toolkit for the internal / external consultant
A phone number and email with an EXPERT on the other end!
Training [additional cost] in general social network analysis,
or on your particular focus
InFLOW License Fees
Depend on your training requirements
Three options…
1. Software only, with on-line documentation and email/phone support
2. Software with above, plus introductory software training
3. The Consultant's Package: full software, methodology,
ONA/SNA training, and mentoring during first project.
• 16 hours of training and mentoring.
Options 1 and 2 for experienced ONA/SNA practitioners who are
switching software
Option 3 for those with no hands-on ONA/SNA experience
Satisfied Clients" This is the most powerful tool I've ever seen when it comes to zeroing in on problem spots in an organization. It's quick, it's analytical, it's objective. And it frees you from the emotional, soft-skills talk that makes line managers roll their eyes.
My only question is, Where has this been all my career?"
Fortune 500 Executive
" The most accurate, systematic means yet seen to identify key value creators and informal knowledge communities that drive corporate core competencies."
Corporate Leadership Council
Training & Consulting
• We also offer custom network analysis training focused on specific goals – ONA– covert networks– personal networks– influence networks– computer networks– community networks– biological / disease networks
• We have 15 years experience in network analysis on hundreds of projects. We are often called in by internal/external consultants to provide network analysis and network-building advice.
InFLOW 3.1 Network Mapping and Measuring
Software & ServicesValdis Krebs440 • 331 • 1222
http://www.orgnet.com
http://thenetworkthinker.com
Twitter: orgnet
